e low, pained voice of my brother. Ethan sat by my b

ered. "I should have been there

my head. "It's not your fa

ith self-loathing. "But Liam... Liam was right b

ent like that, you save the person you love most. It's instinct. There

took out my phone. The screen's glow was ha

icing the figure that had appeared in my doorway. "The e

class t

stood there, his arms crossed, his expres

g," I said a

with the condescending authority he so often used with me. "

"You're about to get married, Liam. Where I go,

ntion. "You're right," he said, his face smoothing into a mask of indifference. "

e. You c

He was about to say something more when

, I nearly fell. Liam caught me out of sheer reflex, a spark of his old

ed sigh and took the ha

on the ground floor, we ne

e wheelchair handles as if they were hot coals and

ght incline and suddenly

weight to the side, tumbling out onto the cold, polished floor. The impact sent a

eatrical horror. "Liam, she's hurt! The chair i

on the floor, to Sienna's pl

lute. "I'm getting married. It wouldn't be

a physical blow. He wouldn't carry me,

ilk handkerchief. "That's just Liam," she said softly. "He's fiercely loy

"Sienna, the act is over. I don't love

her voice a low hiss. "So you knew? You kn

a flailing in the shallow decorative pond next to the walkway. F

scene with one furious glance. He sprinted past me,

his eyes blazing with a righteous fury. "I'm gone

orm a denial, he

y balance gone, and fe

standing over me, a terrifying silhouette against the hospital lights. "But Sienna is wh

n blood clouding the pond all hit me at once. I thrashed, my wa